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*[[Otter|'''Otters''']], leaner bears.
* '''Leather bears''', bears who may be more involved in leather and BDSM cultures than the average bear.
* '''[[Ursula|Ursulas]]''', historically '''lesbears''',<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bears_on_Bears/oWQ1Qe3g5hkC?hl=en&gbpv=1 "Lesbears and Transbears: Dykes and FTMs as Bears" in ''Bears on Bears: Interviews & Discussions (Revised Edition)'', Ron Jackson Suresha, Lethe Press.]</ref> who are [[sapphic]] [[Female|women]] or [[Fiaspec|women-aligned]]
* '''[[Femme Bear|Femme bears]]''', queer femme
*'''Trans bears''', [[achillean]] [[transmasculine]]
Some communities use more specific terminology to encompass men who may not be able to fit the general physical stereotype of a 'bear' and to make clear their inclusion in the community, such as "polar bear" for older men. However, the use of racialized terms for non-white bears, such as "panda bear" for East-Asian men, has come under scrutiny amongst bears.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bears_on_Bears/oWQ1Qe3g5hkC?hl=en&gbpv=1 "Ethnic Bears and Bears of Color" in ''Bears on Bears'', Suresha.]</ref><ref>[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0891243204269408?casa_token=u6fB4eWMY1sAAAAA:uYHpIgsX49gnpz1umUrwKBL429z211qqkCCYDDOovAXJUavMOXmIcT2fPjNgHOJUWV4MBSDzoIc Scholarly article "Bear Bodies, Bear Masculinity: Recuperation, Resistance, or Retreat?" by Peter Hennen for ''Gender and Society''.]</ref> Some heavy-set hairy men attracted to men may not identify with the term bear or else refer to themselves as “post bears” or “ex-bears.”<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bears_on_Bears/oWQ1Qe3g5hkC?hl=en&gbpv=1 "A Space beyond Beardom: Postbears and Ex-Bears," ''Bears on Bears'', Suresha.]</ref>
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